lennon33x

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1. I made a medication error - Now what???

   lennon33x replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   As nurses, we will all make an error. But there are two major fallacies here... 1) You are justifying your med error. Never. Ever. Rationalize a med error. The only person who loses is the patient. 2) You are skirting your responsibility. If you gave...

2. Men in the nursing field, is there a problem?

   lennon33x replied to sroseo's topic in Male Students

   FYI, I'm in a Surgical/Trauma ICU. Here's my take: 1. I wanted to care for patients. End of story. Improving people's lives at whatever cost, the challenging environment of the ICU and building relationships is at my core. 2. No reservations whatsoe...

3. Maybe I'm not cut out for this anymore...

   lennon33x replied to Tyndall's topic in General Nursing

   You had a lot of trauma and changes that are associated with your nursing. During nursing school you had somethings happen that don't necessarily happen to other people, and make you overly cautious and hesitant. I would definitely take some time fo...

4. HELPPPPP !!!!!Failed nclex twice, last chance next

   lennon33x replied to Jaylen123's topic in NCLEX

   The Hurst Review hands down.

5. Did I say something wrong?

   lennon33x replied to Pkin1477's topic in General Nursing

   IMO, I think you may have the wrong approach. Instead of "did I do something wrong?" maybe ask, "How could I have made this better?" We have a tendency to maybe point fingers during stressful times instead of reflecting. This is how I maybe would hav...

6. ICU Male Nurses - Scrub Question

   lennon33x posted a topic in Men

   So I just landed a pretty awesome job. I'll be working in the SICU at the now biggest hospital in the country. We are required to purchase our own scrubs. I've been a fan of the Landau brand forever, mainly because they are really comfortable. But f...

7. Hypertonic/Isotonic/Hypotonic

   lennon33x posted a topic in General Students

   So I was reviewing IV solutions and I had a question about what Dextrose does to them. Normosol-R/NS/LRS are all isotonic solutions. I also read that any solution with 5% dextrose is hypertonic. So is it the dextrose, regardless of the strength of th...